The Omaha Police Union is taking a stand to try to change a state law to keep abusers in jail.

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Union leaders want major changes to Nebraska’s Good Time law, saying they want to know why the law allows some domestic violence offenders out of prison in half the time of prison sentence.

Heather Duhachek remembers the day that she feared her ex-husband Timothy Moody would end her life.

"He pulled me to the ground, (and) he’s on my chest and he’s punching me with both fists, and then he would stand up and he would kick me in the face," Duhachek said. "One part of the story I will never forget, and I knew I was in trouble at this point, is I remember looking up and I could see the bottom of his shoes, and I just thought, 'Oh my God, he’s going to stomp on my face.'"

Moody went to prison on domestic violence charge in 2011, but Duhachek found out the math of Moody’s maximum six-year sentence didn’t add up as she thought.

"To be able to be out two and a half years later, I guess I don’t understand what kind of a deterrent that really is for people that want to control somebody," Duhachek said.

Under Nebraska’s Good Time law, Moody is scheduled to get out in half the time of his minimum sentence of four years and eight months.

"To see an offender not given what’s a reasonable penalty, or to be given a slap on the wrist is offensive to these victims," said Omaha Police Department Union President Sgt. John Wells.

The Women’s Center for Advancement said it has handled 462 cases of domestic violence in Omaha for 2012.